| Article ID: | iaor1997805 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 71 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 17 |
| End Page Number: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1993 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Nureddin Kirkavak, Cemal Diner |
| Keywords: | production: FMS, programming: integer, heuristics |
It would be difficult to efficiently implement a manufacturing system without solving its design and operational problems. Based on this framework, a system configuration and tooling problem is modeled. The model turns out to be a large mixed integer linear program, so that some alternative optimal seeking and heuristic techniques are used to solve the model for constructing a flow line structured Flexible Manufacturing System. As a result, it may be possible to construct flexible, efficient, simple and easily controllable manufacturing systems.